3/06/2005

How To

How to dismiss a citizens' initiative outright, because it's not what you would do:

"They've never convinced me or others that this needed to be examined," Mayor Keith Holliday said. "The TRC project is being used as an alternate way to create what never happened, and that is a major investigation."

(Bonus points: Assert that a divisive issue in your community is not a problem.)

How to tell the rest of the world that your city has screwed-up priorities:

Greensboro does not need this kind of publicity, Holliday said. He worries that the city's past will turn away the businesses it is trying to recruit.